Uberabatitan ribeiroi Salgado and Carvalho 2008 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative combinations: Uberabatitan reibeiroi, Uberabatitan riberoi

Full reference: L. Salgado and I. S. Carvalho. 2008. Uberabatitan ribeiroi, a new titanosaur from the Marília Formation (Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous), Minas Gerais, Brazil. Palaeontology 51(4):881-901

Belongs to Uberabatitan according to J. C. G. Silva Junior et al. 2019

See also Bittencourt and Langer 2011, Candeiro 2009, Candeiro and Harris 2012, Candeiro et al. 2010, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Gallina and Otero 2015, Gallina and Otero 2015, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, Gorscak et al. 2017, Mannion and Otero 2012, Marinho and Iori 2011, Martinelli et al. 2011, Martinelli et al. 2015, Navarro et al. 2022, Páramo et al. 2020, Salgado and Carvalho 2008, Salgado and Coria 2009 and Silva Junior et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CPPLIP-912, 1107, 1082 (left tibia, fibula, astragalus), a set of limb elements. Its type locality is BR-050 B (km 153), which is in a Maastrichtian channel sandstone in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at BR-050 B (km 153)

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